Exhibits from the Ricordi Archive travel to London

The Ricordi Archive, which is part of Bertelsmann, is contributing eight exhibits from the genesis of the Verdi opera “Nabucco” to the V&A exhibition “Opera: Passion, Power and Politics.” This is the first time the valuable exhibits have travelled from Italy to Britain.

Contract dated March 19, 1842 between the Teatro alla Scala, represented by the impresario Bartolomeo Merelli, and Giovanni Ricordi, in which the Scala transfers its share of the rights to Nabucco to Ricordi for the price of 3,000 Austrian lire.